Bazor-strop



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MICHAEL POSZ, 0F SHELBYVILLE, INDIANA.

RAZOR-STRG?.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 22,746, dated January 25, 1859.

ness to enable others of competent sltill to malte and use my invention.

Figure l. is a perspeetive view. Fig. 2, Fig. 3, and Fig. G arehorizontal sections. Fig. t and Fig. 5 are vertical sections.

hiy self-lubricating razor strop is Coinposed of a short handle A, intowhich screw l2), is firmly fastened, as shown at Fig. 3.

a, is a metal nut to which is firmly attached leathers "u, u, onopposite sides of nut Notehes m2, a2, as shown at Fig. 5, neatly fitslides le, 'a, so that nut ai, with leathers u, u, attached, may slidetoward either end of screw B, by turning handle A. Slides lr, if, arefirmly fastened on the inside of tube E, and opposite each other, asdenoted by the dotted lines at Fig. Q. Nut a?, with leathers a, u, andscrew B, are then passed horizontally into tube E, so that flange D, onthe end of tube E, may fit square and tight against the end of' thehandle A, and between handle A and plate F; there being a hole in thecenter of plate F, suflieiently large to permit tube E, to pass throughit; but flange D, being larger in dian'ieter than the hole in plate F;tube E may be revolved around srrew Il, as desired without becomingdetached from handle A. Plate F, is shown at F ig. 8, detached fromhandle A, so that. the manner of fastening plate F, to the handle A, byscrews y, g, g, g, at the corners of plate F, may be clearly seen.

M, and M2, are eorlts oonneeted together by rod N, so that a Chamber isformed be tween eorks M and M2, when placed in tube E, and anotherchamber between M2 and nut ai, with leathers u, u, attached, M2 beingthe division of the chambers. I make a notch O, in M2, so that any fluidor lubricating between cork M2, and M, may pass out through notch O, andholes H, H, Il, Il, extending through tube E, to the surface of thestrop. Notch 3 in cork M2 is made to eonunnnieate in the saine mannerwith the chamber between cork M2, and nut al, and

I leathers u, u, attached.

Plate .2, attached to cork M, is made larger in diameter than tube E, sothat by taking hold of plate 2, eorks M and M2, may be drawn out of'tube E. Notehes I, l. in plate as shown at` Fig. 4, are parallel withnotehes (Y), and in cork M2, so as to show which chamber is open for thefluid to pass out to the surface of the strop. I then tasten cork J,firmly to tube E, and around tube E, shown at Fig. l, so as to maltefour sides upon which the razor may be sharpened.

l operate in v strop, by drawing' eorlts M2 and M. out of tube E, bytaking hold of plate .2; then pour into the end of tube E, the fluid forlubrieating (any desired quantity) holding' the strop in a vertiealposition and handle A. downward; then return eorlt M2, and press down onplate e, until cork M, is nearly up to the end of' tube E. Then pour thefluid in on top of vork M2, until the chamber between cork M2, and Corkhl, is filled as desired: then press on plate 2 until eorlt M. enterstube E, and closes the end. The Huid is then forced ont of the chamberbetween nut a, leathers u, u, and cork M2. b v holding tiriuly eork J,and gently revolving handle A. The fluid is f'oreed out of the elianiberbetween cork M2, and eorlt M, by pressing' cork M, into tube E, untilplate .2' is pressed tightly against the end of' tube E, as .shown atFig. l of the drawings.

I claim# As a new article of manufaeture the self'- lubricating' stropwhen eonstrueted in the manner deseribed.

MICHAEL POSZ.

Ti tnesses BENJAMIN F. Davis, T. J. RANDALL.

